Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

First Sunday of Advent

Posted on Friday, 26 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been thinking about some kind of outreach since the time I recorded Mass in my old chapel. The events in my life up to and since last April and my move here to the Mayenne affected me very … Continue reading →

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If Music be the Food of Love…

Posted on Thursday, 25 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been listening to a conversation between three French priests and two informed layman on a YouTube forum by the name of Club des Hommes en Noir hosted by the French Catholic journal L’Homme Nouveau. Que signifie “être … Continue reading →

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Self-Effacement and the Liturgy

Posted on Thursday, 18 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a really impressive article by Archbishop Mark Haverland, Metropolitan of the Original Province of the Anglican Catholic Church. He is also my Ordinary and therefore my father-in-Christ. He has written this article in his blog Anglican Catholic Liturgy … Continue reading →

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The Final Blow?

Posted on Wednesday, 3 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am probably coming across as a miserable old curmudgeon, as I mull over the aches and pains of my own life and its meaning. I picked up a Swiss TV interview between several academics from my old alma mater … Continue reading →

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The Sign of Contradiction

Posted on Sunday, 31 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I awoke from a dream this morning in which I was approached by some priests I knew in the 1990’s, all dead now. They suggested that my canonical situation in regard to the Roman Catholic Church could be “sorted out” … Continue reading →

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Celibacy and Vocation

Posted on Tuesday, 19 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The crisis in France concerning the Church and paedophile clergy festers on with discussions on TV (which I don’t watch except occasionally on YouTube) and Facebook threads. One such is to be found on a group dedicated to the Ordinariate. … Continue reading →

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Exclusivity

Posted on Tuesday, 12 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Exclusivity / inclusivity, these are two buzz words that often determine the relationship between an individual person and a corporate entity like a local or wider church. One of my brother priests has done a YouTube talk on commitment in … Continue reading →

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Divorce

Posted on Thursday, 7 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was looking through the website of the Nordic Catholic Church and found a spiritual reflection on the subject of divorce. I won’t elaborate on my personal situation other than the need to lead a clean and honest life and … Continue reading →

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More on Proselytism

Posted on Tuesday, 5 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

New addition. See towards the end of this posting for a dialogue between a Lutheran pastor and a conservative Roman Catholic priest. * * * This is not the first time I have written on this subject, but it is … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Death and Life

Posted on Thursday, 30 September, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am constantly coming across texts that tell us that belief in God (adherence to a religion?) is decreasing in France and other European countries. Americans refer to such people as nones, those who would tick the box in a … Continue reading →

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